Archive for October 16th, 2009

A Swedish education

"We can use greywater in our project – so, rainwater will be collected and used for irrigation – but because we're right next to the Ashbridges sewer plant, … See all stories on this topic

Weekly LEED roundup – 10/16/09

… building including water-efficient landscaping, a rainwater capture system, diverting construction waste from local landfills through recycling efforts, … See all stories on this topic

Crowds turn out for Tesco store exhibition

… rainwater recycling to flush toilets, reduced artificial lighting and carbon dioxide refrigeration to reduce the amount of energy used. … See all stories on this topic

cfr's Washington, DC, Building Awarded LEED Gold Certification

Installing a rainwater capture system to store 5000 gallons of diverted rainwater to use for irrigation and washing of sidewalks. … See all stories on this topic

Town to harvest rainwater at LIRR's Huntington station

Newsday The project focuses on a Rainwater Harvesting System that involves three steps: capture rainwater, filter and store it and reuse it for landscape irrigation … See all stories on this topic

Bill Gates Wants a Green Agriculture Revolution: Here's Tech That Can Drive It

… development efforts — promoting techniques such as no-till farming (explained in the video clip below), rainwater harvesting and drip irrigation. … See all stories on this topic

The water dilemma: To sewer or not to sewer?

It looks at three scenarios; the first is a decentralized option, the second is the Orleans Town Meeting-approved sewage treatment plant that would replace … See all stories on this topic

Missing Macomb County teen found alive

… tracking dogs led investigators to the sludge pond — a large man-made container used to hold processed sewage — at the sewage treatment plant at North … See all stories on this topic

Poland's Czajka sewage plant to finish early

Construction of the Czajka large-scale sewage treatment plant to the north-east of Warsaw, Poland is scheduled to finish in December 2010, after a two-year … See all stories on this topic

Police search sludge pond for missing Mich. teen

The Detroit Free Press says tracking dogs brought in to search for Nicarah Martin led investigators to the sludge pond at the Mount Clemens sewage treatment … See all stories on this topic